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5 Things You Should Know About the Cloud, But Were Afraid to Ask
Cloud computing perspectives from the front lines.
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Blame Brexit: Microsoft Raises Prices on Services, Software in the UK
UK enterprises that use Microsoft software or cloud services are in for unwelcome surprises: stiff price increases when their contracts are renewed. Enterprise software cloud prices are going up 22 percent and enterprise software will climb 13 percent. In a blog post on its TechNet British site, Microsoft officials explained
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Microsoft Is Expanding Its Cloud With French Data Centers
Microsoft isn't letting a feud over its data collection policies with the French Data Commission from thwarting its plans to build data centers in France.
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HPE Seeks Greater Agility, Spins Off IT Services to CSC
Meg Whitman's tough decision to spin off a key unit of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is resonating with stockholders. HPE shares surged 10 percent to $18 in after hours trading yesterday on word spread about the new direction for HPE.
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OpenText Tackles European Data Center Challenge
OpenText is creating a "fully-segregated and independent" European Data Zone. It will be formed by existing data centers in Amstelveen, Netherlands; Woking, England and Frankfurt, Germany and and provide IT operations, disaster recovery and managed cloud services from within the EEA (European Economic Area). Each OpenText data center will operate
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Why Verizon May Sell Its Data Centers
Rumors have it that Verizon is going to sell its network of 48 data centers for $2.5 billion. Reports of the planned sale emerged this week, with no indication as to why Verizon might be doing so.
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3rd Party to Operate Microsoft's German Data Center
Microsoft has revealed new details about its plans to open data centers in Germany. In a blog post, Ralf Wigand, senior program manager at Microsoft Germany, noted that the German data centers will be controlled by a third party — T-Systems, a Deutsche Telekom subsidiary.
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Microsoft Protects EU Data From US Eyes
Microsoft announced plans today to offer cloud services including Azure, Office 365 and Dynamics CRM Online from two data centers in Germany. This follows an announcement yesterday that it also plans to develop a number of data centers in the UK and extend existing data centers in Ireland and the
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5 Ways Digital Work Will Change Data Centers
The structure of data centers is changing. Gartner attributes this to the growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) and increased investment in what it describes as the Nexus of Forces — technologies primarily built for cloud, social, mobile and information management.
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6 C's for More Efficient IT In 2015 [Infographic]
There’s no getting away from the inevitable round of IT predictions that mark the end of every year. Just about every research company and IT vendor has its own list — and 451 Research is no exception.
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